Eleventh Generation

9905. Priscilla Bruce (private).

Maj. Gen. James Milnor Roberts Jr., son of James Milnor Roberts, was born on 18 September 1918. He received a B.S. Metallurgy degree in 1940 at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Lehigh, PA. He died on 2 January 2009 at the age of 90. MG JAMES MILNOR ROBERTS, JR. USA (Ret.) 9/16/1918 - 1/2/2009 On Friday, January 2, 2009 of Arlington, VA. General Roberts landed on Omaha Beach in Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944. He was the former Chief of Army Reserve, Executive Director of Reserve Officer's Association (ROA), President of High Frontier and Chairman of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Society. Organizations he was a member of were Society of Cincinnati; District of Columbia Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (DCSSAR) Trustee Emeritus; Sons of the Revolution (SR); Capitol Hill Executive Service Club and St. Charles the Martyr Knights Templar. Please visit the General's website: www.ddaywarrior.com . General Roberts was the beloved husband Priscilla Bruce Roberts. Also surviving are his children of Virginia Sykes Roberts who passed away in 1995, James M. Roberts III (Mary Grace), MaryLee Roberts Newman (Michael), Deborah Gillespie (Terry) and Todd Roberts (Miriam); grandfather of Elizabeth and Mark Roberts, Ted and Philip Newman, Sean and Michael Gillespie and David and Brian Roberts. The family will be receiving friends at the MURPHY FUNERAL HOME OF ARLINGTON, 4510 Wilson Blvd. on Sunday, January 11 from 12 noon until time of services at 1 p.m. Funeral services will be held at Fort Myer Memorial Chapel on Thursday, March 12 at 1 p.m. Interment will full military honors, Arlington National Cemetery. If considering donations in the General's name, the following charities are suggested, The Salvation Army ( www.virginiasalvationarmy.org ), The Silent Knights ( www.thesilentknight.com ) and/or Faith and Action (www.faithandaction.org) James was buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Alexandria, VA.